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West Glen, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77084. It stands on Dinner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Addicks quadrangle.

West Glen within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of West Glen between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,790 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE090
30 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined31 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service924 ROLLING RIDGE ROAD
1 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE078
15 February 2013Debris and open burning1,757 acresSan Bernard National Wildlife Refuge2013 SARGENT RANCH
8 December 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE090
1 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of West Glen: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A.F. Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fellows Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Satsuma IiSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Harris County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Glen Cairn0.3 miles17
Glen Cairn West0.7 miles17
Windsong0.8 miles17
Northglen1.1 miles17
Pine Forest Village1.3 miles17
Rockstone1.4 miles17
Glencairn Park1.4 miles17
Deerfield Village1.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472409. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.